Police did not reveal what they are searching for at the site but it is in connection with Monday’s attack

The Manchester Evening News said witnesses had spotted the man being taken from the number 43 bus just after 4.30pm after it stopped at the junction with Dagenham Road at the heart of the city’s Curry Mile.

Cops have reportedly cordoned off Oxney Road and Banff Road, just round the corner, where they are searching a property.

MEN reporter Katie Butler said police dogs and forensic officers had been sent into a house on Banff Road.

Earlier today a “trainee pilot” was arrested in Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, in connection with the Manchester Arena attack.

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Greater Manchester Police (GMP) issued a statement earlier in the day, saying: “This morning (Monday 29 May 2017) officers investigating the attack on the Manchester Arena have arrested a 23-year-old man in Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex on suspicion on offences contrary to the terrorism act.

“A scene remains in place at the address where the man was arrested. As it stands 16 people in total have been arrested in connection with the investigation, of which two people have since been released without charge.

“A total of 14 men remain in custody for questioning.”

Two of those still being detained are brothers who lived next door to a gang murder victim whose killing is said to have sparked Abedi’s descent into terror.

Officers cordoned off a street in Moss Side during an operations yesterday

Cops cordon off scene of raid after 25-year-old man is arrested

Homes in the Rusholme and Gorton areas of Manchester were targeted in similar raids yesterday afternoon, resulting in the arrest of a 19-year-old “on suspicion of offences contrary to the terrorism act”.

Elsewhere in the city, explosions were heard in Moss Side as masked cops with assault rifles stormed a house.

The raid occurred on Quantock Street, which is close to the bomber's barber shop which cops raided on Friday morning.